Cheese Rolling
Special section - home of the Annual Cheese Rolling Party.
Continuously updated with relevant information and links.
Unpublished, launched May 2006
Travelogue: Italy
aka "Is The Pope A Catholic?" - review of a holiday in eight
beautiful Italian cities (OK, seven beautiful Italian cities plus
one ugly one).
Email correspondence, Summer 2004
Fame: The Musical
Review of the University of Surrey Music And Drama Society's
(MaDSoc) annual production.
Published in Barefacts, Spring 2003
Dr. Strangelove
Film introduction.
Speech delivered to an audience at the University of
Surrey, Spring 2003
Corpses and Mountains
Review of two exhibitions in London - BodyWorlds and Earth From The Air.
Published in Barefacts, Autumn 2002
Travelogue: Le Grau du Roi
Review of a holiday in the south of France.
Email correspondence, Autumn 2002
An Introduction to Microsoft Windows for intelligent absolute beginners [PDF]
Now here's a challenge. How do you go about explaining Windows to somebody
who knows nothing at all about computers?
Unpublished, July 2002
Bob Smith Starts Work At Deti*a
Spoof article featuring the company's cheesey but effective
marketing device, the cartoon Bob Smith.
Unpublished, Autumn 2001
The Lion's Final Roar
Review of the amazing 2000-2001 year for Oscar Film Unit - the
year that saw the Outside Screening, the MiniFest and the shooting of the
first 16mm film in more than a decade.
Published pseudonymously in Barefacts, Spring 2001
I Can't Talk, I'm In The Library
Documenting the shooting of Jaws In The Library, a short film
produced by Oscar Film Unit and starring Luke Hickey and Keri Owen.
Published in Barefacts, Spring 2001
36 Hours In The Life Of A Valentinophobe
"Award-winning" Valentine's Day special feature, a semi-fictional and
slightly humorous look at the purpose of the annual ritual humiliation.
It evidently touched a nerve on the University of Surrey campus.
Eighteen months on, the author was still getting "fan-mail" over this article.
Published in Barefacts, Spring 2001
Club Le Monde
The very first full-length review of the new independent British feature film.
Unpublished, Spring 2001
Goatee's Angels
Behind the scenes on the set of a new independent British feature film.
Published at www.ScreenPro.co.uk (with photos), Spring 2001
Government Abolishes A-Levels!
Satire of Government's educational policy, written for the Rag Week
edition of Barefacts. Not looking all that satirical in retrospect,
actually.
Published in Barefacts, Spring 2001
Fired Up
Arguing that fire drills in student accommodation not only
lead to embarrassment and resentment, but are actually
pointless and potentially dangerous.
Unpublished, Autumn 2000
Stressing Exam Defeat
The antidote to traditional "Defeating Exam Stress" advice.
Published in Barefacts, Autumn 2000
French Film Tour
Review of the 2000 Martell French Film Tour.
Published in Barefacts, Autumn 2000
Feelin' Old
Assessment of the rapid change in student ethos over a relatively
short period of time.
Published in Barefacts, Autumn 2000
Looking For Places To Go?
Spoof (but accurate) guide to the most comfortable toilets at the University
of Surrey.
Published in Barefacts, Autumn 2000
Yes, But Is It Art?
Guide to the many works of art that often pass unnoticed on
the otherwise bland University of Surrey campus.
Published in Barefacts, Autumn 2000
Strong Language
Review of the amazing debut film from Simon Rumley.
Unpublished, Spring 2000
The Film Society Guide [PDF]
Everything you could possibly want to know about running a film
society (assumes the use of 16mm film, which is almost certainly
obsolete now).
Written Spring 2000; subsequently published internally
by USSU, Spring 2003
